Overcoming Grief and Loss After Brain Injury

ISBN-13: 9780195388954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 240 str.

Janet P. Niemeier; Robert Karol

Opis

Overcoming Grief and Loss after Brain Injury is a practical, comprehensive, and simply-written book that provides foundational brain injury information and coping resources for persons recovering from and living with the disabilities that accompany this devastating injury. The book guides the reader toward self-assessment of their own concerns related to common post injury domains of impairment. Following help in identifying individual injury-related problems, the book provides clients with instructions and practice in use of a multitude of evidence-based compensatory strategies and coping skills. Clients can use the book to improve their cognitive, emotional, and functional status after brain injury. The book is written to assist patients, even if they are not able to work with a therapist or counselor. The supportive and therapeutic components of the book include the normalizing of brain injury symptoms and emotional responses, supported self-assessment, stress and emotional management techniques, compensatory strategies for a wide range of typical post injury deficits, links to community resources, and ideas for returning to work.

O autorze

Janet Niemeier is Director of Inpatient Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Robert Karol is President of Karol Neuropsychological Services & Consulting, in Minneapolis, MN. Robert Karol heads a private practice group, Karol Neuropsychological Services & Consulting in Minneapolis, MN.